John Catsimatidis Quotes
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“I'm not a Johnny-come-lately Jew. I've been around. I watch out for the Jews; I watch out for the Catholics.”
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“Pizza is no longer on my diet.”
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“New York never felt the recession. New York never felt a depression.”
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“Nobody destroys people - people destroy themselves, and it's very, very sad.”
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“I was a Mitt Romney Republican because he was pro-business.”
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“We have to draw the line someplace with all the pesticides being used by the farmers.”
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“One mentor I had taught me that people do what you inspect, not necessarily what you expect. In other words, if nobody is watching, there will be some slack off.”
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“I started in the supermarket business in the early '70s. And by '75, '76, I realized you don't have a business unless you own the real estate.”
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“Americans like buying American vs. buying from Chavez or buying from the Middle East.”
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“The reason I grew so fast in the supermarket business, without help of the banks in those days, was through my vendors. I convinced my vendors, the companies I was doing business with, if I did more business, they would do more business.”
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“It seems everyone knows the value of a cantaloupe or a quart of milk.”
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“Grocery stores can't afford to pay $80 a square foot. At that rate, we are going out of business.”
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“I'm a New York businessman.”
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“I'm the same businessman Donald Trump is.”
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“Anytime you cut food stamps, it naturally affects sales. People spend less.”
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“It will be almost impossible for any other candidate to raise the money that the Clintons can raise.”
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“I think New York is destined to have a Democratic mayor, and I want Freddy Ferrer to be that mayor.”
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“When the commodities go up and the cost of transportation is going up, and the value of the dollar is going down, it's all going to translate to an 8 to 10 percent rise in food prices.”
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“What transpired at Semgroup was no less than a $500 billion fraud on the people of the world.”
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“The media doesn't always reflect reality.”